File:Wreck of the armored cruiser Infanta María Teresa, 1898.jpg

Identifier: ournavyintimeofw00matt (find matches)
Title: Our navy in time of war (1861-1898)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Matthews, Franklin, 1858-1917. (from old catalog)
Subjects: United States. Navy Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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she began to sink.The Gloucester dashed in under the forts and drovethe Furor on the beach, where she sank in the surf.Of the one hundred and forty men on these twotorpedo boats, only eighteen were saved. No moregallant work was ever done in battle than was doneby Commander Wainwright on the Gloucester. ThePluton and the Furor were destroyed within twentyminutes after they appeared. They had not gonemore than three miles from the harbor. It was exactly at 10.15 a. m., or forty minutesfrom the time she came out of the harbor, that theTeresa was seen to turn toward the shore at a placecalled ^imawima, six miles and a half from Santiagoharbor. She soon struck the beach, and those of hercrew who were not dead or wounded leaped over-board to escape the fire that was sweeping through theship, and began to swim for safety. Among them wasAdmiral Cervera. Most of the American ships wereabreast of the Teresa by this time, with the exceptionof the Indiana, and orders were given to cease firing.
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19 268 OUR NAVY IN TIME OF WAR. Ten minutes later the Oquendo, which had come upand had gone about six hundred yards past the spotwhere the Teresa was beached, turned her prow towardthe shore and in flames struck the ground a completewreck. Her men also leaped in the water and beganto swim for their lives. The Gloucester came up andtook Admiral Cervera on board, and protected theSpanish crews from some Cubans who were shooting atthem after they had landed helpless on the shore. By this time Admiral Sampson had come hurryingback in his flagship. The Indiana had been unableto take up the chase for the fleeing Colon and Viz-caya, and he ordered the Indiana back to the harbor toguard it. Meantime the Brooklyn, Oregon, Texas, andIowa were dashing down the coast after the Yizcaya.She soon received the fire from all, and was damagedmost severely by the Oregon, which, with a mightyrush of speed, had passed all the other American shipsexcept the Brooklyn. The Oregon had shown hermerit in her f

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